Manhattan (Erik Leidzén)

Length – 2:06

Erik Leidzén wrote many marches that continue to be used by Salvation Army bands nearly 50 years after his passing.  Manhattan was first written as a sextet for the Hyde Park Sextet.  This bristling quick step march is a delight to hear and even more of a thrill to play.  General Evangeline Booth’s chorus, Over Me is featured in the march.

Over me, over me it is flowing,
Down beneath its waves I am going;
Over me, over me it is flowing,
Washing white as snow.

Previously published in the American Band Journal 9 as #44.